Press.



A. ALEXANDER.

PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.28..I9II.

Lsg Patented Jan.8,1918.

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3 wvewoz A f'aeaJ/n Alexander `ABRAHAM ALEXANDER', or New YORK, N. Y.

PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, -1918.

Application led August 28, 1917. Serial No. 188,549.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM ALEXANDER, citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses, of which the following 1s a specification.

My invention relates to an improved press more especially adapted for the ,formation of rouge tablets and like cosmetic artlcles.

It is the present almost universal practice to manufacture rouge tablets by hand, the procedure being to apply the rouge to a glass plate or disk and then form or shape the rouge and trim ofl" excess rouge from the periphery of the disk. This produces a rouge tablet which is considered desirable in appearance. In some' few cases rouge tablets are prepared in a press, but these tablets are of the cheaper and less desirable kind because it has heretofore been found impossible to so form the tablet that there will be an unbroken curved surface from the periphery of the disk to the top of the tablet.

The object of my invention is to provide mechanism by which I am enabled to form rouge tablets in every respect as desirable in appearance and in constitution as those now prepared by hand.

The essence of my invention consists in providing certain kinds of dies between which the rouge is compressed on to the glass disk without any of the plastic mateial being forced over the periphery of the isk.

The invention is illustratively exemplied in the accompanying drawing, wherem- Figure 1 is an elevational view of a rouge tablet consisting of'a glass supporting diskl with the rouge superimposed thereon.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a press used in the manufacture of the tablets of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the dies showing a rouge tablet in process of formation;

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of a device termed a feeder, an instrument or tool for applying the plastic rouge to the glass disk;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View of the feeder shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevational view with a portion in section of a modified form of the base die shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 7 is a further modified View of such base diei In the drawings, and particularly in Fig. 2, I have shown a press which is somewhat in the nature of the ordinary button press, and comprises legs 10, the bed 11, a gooseneck standard 12, and a treadle-operated lever 13 for actuating the slide 14 adapted to reciprocate in the standard 12.

Mounted uponthe bed 11 is a block 15 adapted to support rigidly the base die 16.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the base die 16 consists of a cylindrical block the upper portion of which is recessed to provide a seat for a resilient flexible cushion comprising the cylindrical portion 17 adapted to fit into the recessed portion of the block, and the annular portion 18 designed to rest upon the upper vsurface of the base die. The cushion is preferably formed of rubber.

In the form of Fig. 6, the base die 16a is cylindrical in form and has secured to its blanket or sheet 18,

In the form of Fig. 7 the base die 1 6b is provided with an elongated recess 16c traversed by a pin 20. Reciprocal in the recess 16 is a plunger 21 provided with aslot 22 through which the pin 20 is adapted to pass. The upper end of the plunger 21 carries a head 23, and between the lower face of the head and the upper face of the base die 16b is a coiled spring 21 which encircles the plunger 21 and has a normal tendency to force the head 23 upwardly.

It will be noted that in the forms of Figs. 3, 6 and 7, the base die is so constructed as to present a yielding supporting surface to the glass disk 25 upon which the rouge or other cosmetic paste 26 is applied.

Adapted to be held in the slide 14 is the forming die, which preferably comprises the head 27 and the stem 2S which passes into a bore in the slide 14 and is held in adjusted position by means of a set screw 29.

The lower face of the forming die is preferably concave and the concavity is such as to receive the precise amount of plastic or powdered material necessary to form the rouge tablet 26.

It is desirable to impart to the rouge tablet the appearance as though the rouge were covered with a cloth of fine mesh, particularly as shown in Fig. 1. To impart this appearance to the rouge tablet manufactured in the machine described, I secure to the forming die a piece of cloth 30 over the concavity so that when the forming die upper face by means of pins 19 a rubber is depressed on to the rouge it will impart l clean and without Aor powder to be applied to the to the latter the desired appearance. A d 'esirable manner of securing the cloth .30 1n position is illustrated in Fig. wherein the head 27 is provided with a peripheral flange 31 and the cloth 30 has its edges attached to the flange by means of a. number of screws 32. l l

In using the machine herein described I find it desirable to apply the rouge to the glass disk 25 by means'of the feeder shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This feeder comprises a cylindrical frame 33 wherein is slida ly sup-A ported a cup 34 having its outer face concave so that the distance from the outer edge 33 of the frame 33 to the bottom of the concavity in the cup 34, whenv the parts are in the position shown in Fi 5, will give the exact measure of the quantlty of plastic glass disk 25, 'The feeder of Figs. 4 and 5 is mcidental .to my machine, and it is believed a further description of its construction is not necessar n using the machine the procedure is substantially the following A suitable quantity of plastic or powderedl rou e is applied 'to the disk 25 by means o the feeder 33. The glass disk with the rouge thereon is then properly centered on the base die which may e in one of the forms of either Figs. 3, 6 or 7. This disk rests on either the. rubber 18 or 18a of Figs. 3 or 6 or on the depressible head 23 of Fig. 7. Then the glass disk and the rouge thereon have been thus placed in position the slide 14 is lowered by means of the lever 13, de-v pressing the forming die 27 upon the rouge and conforming the latter to the concave shape of the die 27. As the forming die is depressed thel fine mesh cloth 30 will be pressed against the upper face or surface of the rouge, thus imparting to it the appearance as though the rouge were covered with such fine mesh cloth.

Owing to the fact that the base die in all forms shown in the drawing is yielding the ends of the plastic or powdered rouge will not be forcedover the periphery of the glass disk 25 but will all be contained within the concavity in the operative face of forming die 27. In this manner the completed rouge tablet will come out of the press entirely jected to the usual finishing operation of the necessityy of being subkcombination of a base die projecting a substantial distance bevond the bed of the press andhaving a yielding surface to receive the article to be operated upon, and a forming die adapted to be moved upon such article.

2. In a press for the purpose specified, the combination with a base die projecting a substantial distance beyond the bed of the press and having a yielding supporting surface. of a forming die having a concave operative surface designed to be moved into engagement with the article to be formed.

3.In a press for the purpose specified, the combination with a base die, projecting a substantial distance beyond the bed of the press and of a flexible layer at one end of said die in position to support an article to be operated on, and a forming die movable in relation to said base die.

4. In a press for the purpose specified, the combination with a base die projecting a substantial distance beyond the hed of the press and having a body of rubber at one end thereof to receive an article to bc oper` ated on, of a forming die having a concave operative face adapted to be moved upon said article.

5. In a press for the purpose specified, the combination with a base die projecting a substantial distance beyond the bed of the press and having a body of rubber at one end thereof to receive an article to be operated on, of a forming die having a concave operative face adapted to be moved upon said article, and a fabric stationarily secured over the lface of said forming die.

' In testimony whereof Iv have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAHAM ALEXANDER. Witnesses:

OTTO MUNK, CLARICE FRANCK. 

